Zoroaster said, when in doubt abstain; but this does not always apply. At cards, when in doubt take the trick.

There is no passion of the human heart that promises so much and pays so little as revenge.

Beauty is a very handy thing to have, especially for a woman who ain't handsome.

True wisdom is plenty of experience, observation, and reflection. False wisdom is plenty of ignorance, arrogance, and impudence.

There never yet was a mother who taught her child to be an infidel.

the squeeky wheel gets the grease.

Successful writers learn at last what they should learn at first,--to be intelligently simple.